Facial pad



Patented Oct. 3, 1933 FACIAL PAD John J. Goldman, Philadelphia, Pa.,assignor to Samuel J. Goldman, Philadelphia, Pa.

Application November 25, 1931 Serial N0. 577,172

2 Claims. (Cl. 219-46) 'The present invention,which is intendedprimarily for use, in beauty parlors and like establishments, relates toheating means for use in connection with facial treatments, and is moreespecially directed to the provision of a new and useful facial padadapted to be heated by a current of electricity and affording a uniformand moderate heat for the treatment of the face and skin.

' A principal object of the invention is to provide a soft and resilientfacial pad of the character referred to designed to be supplied withelectric current from an ordinary lighting circuit and adapted to affordan even heat over the area covered thereby without danger of burning theskin while permitting complete relaxation of the muscles of the faceduring the treatment wherev by the maximum advantages obtainabletherefrom may be derived.

A further object of the invention is to provide a facial pad constructedof ordinary materials and of a simplified nature which may bemanufactured relatively cheaply but which presents, however, a neat andattractiveappearance, the pad being composed substantially entirely oftextile fabrics with the exception of the current conducting wires whichmay be of any suitable metal adapted to afford suitable resistance forgenerating heat from the passage therethrough of an electric current.

Other objects, purposes and advantages of the invention will hereinaftermore fully appear or will be understood from the following descrip tionthereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing in which Fig. 1is a perspective view of my improved facial pad in position over theface of a patient undergoing treatment; Fig. 2 is an enlarged verticalsection of the pad in which the thicknesses of the materials employed 40are exaggerated for the sake of clearness; Fig. 3 is a fragmentarybottom plan view thereof with portions broken away to show the internalconstruction, and Fig. 4 is a diagrammatic projection of a preferredarrangement of the wiring em ployed in the heating unit. In the severalfigures like characters are used to designate the same parts.

Referring now more particularly to the draw- 1113, my invention astherein shown comprises,

0 generally, a conical pad P provided with a circular aperture 0 at theapex thereof through which connected with the heating unit enclosed inthe and also great flexibility so that the pad hi which pad anddesirably provided witha switch S and receptacle plug R whereby currentfrom the house lighting circuit may be supplied to the unit. The pad Pis formed from a plurality of different plies of suitable textilefabrics, each of the co plies preferably consisting of a' single pieceof material cut to'the proper shape for forming the conical pad when itsends are sewed together, the outer cover 1 desirably being asomewhatheavy woolen fabric of any type presenting a pleasing appearanceon its outer surface and of suificient thickness to retain aconsiderable amount of the heat generated by the heating unithereinafter more particularly described. The inner lining 2 is likewiseof textile material and of sufficient thickness to distribute theheatfroxn the heating unit uniformly over the face of the patient whenthe pad is in use and, in the preferred form of my invention shown inthe drawing, comprises a layer of sateen 3, an underlayer i ofcheesecloth or like material and a wool or other fibrous filling 5disposed therebetween, all quilted together, the shape of the innerlining as a whole conforming with that of the outer cover. The heatingunit which is enclosed between the outer cover and the inner liningdesirably comprises two layers of canvas, 7, 8 generally conforming inshape to the fabric plies forming the outer cover and inner lining andhaving dis" posed between them a heating element 9 consisting of aresistance wire of nichrome or other suitable alloy spirally wound aboutasbestos core and provided with a fibrous asbestos sheath-= ing whichprevents direct contact of the wire with the adjacent layers oi canvas.The heating to element 9 is preferably first attached to one of 1 thecanvas layers by stitches lo desirably extending transversely of theelement at spaced inter vals as shown in Fig. 3 in such manner that theelement follows a tortuous course so as to provide substantially uniformheating throughout the area of the pad; preferably, as diagrammaticallyshown in Fig. 4, by so disposing the element that it forms a pluralityof concentric circular segments and bringing out the two ends of thewire at the outer edge of the canvas layer as at 9a for connection tothe conductors in the cord (3. This arrangement of the element 1 deemmost suitable since it affords, as stated, uniformity of heating tillthe element is enclosed can readily conform to thecontour of thepatients head and face yet, when desired, may be folded fiat forshipment or storage without injury to the element or other parts.

The other canvas layer is then laid over the element and attached to thefirst layer by stitches 11 or otherwise secured thereto, and the ends 90of the wire connected to the conductors in the cord 0, and in order toprevent breakage of the ends of the wire or undue strain on itsconnections with the cord C, a cord 13 may be sewed to any convenientpoint on one of the canvas layers and tied or otherwise secured to thecord C at a point beyond its point of connection with the wire of theheating element in such manner that a pull on the cord C will betransmitted to the canvas instead of directly to the resistance wire.

The several parts to which reference has been made are desirablyassembled in operative relation with each other, as best shown in Fig.2, by turning the edges of the outer cover inwardly over adjacent edgesof the heating unit, then placing the lining in position with its edgessuperimposed over the tumed-in edges of the cover, and finally stitchingthe parts in place by stitches 15, the cord C being brought out betweenthe adjacent edges of the lining and cover of the pad at the lower edgeof the latter, considering the pad is in the position shown in Fig. 2'.

The heating pad hereinabove described may be used for its intendedpurpose by being applied directly to the face of the patient asindicated in Fig. 1, or, if desired, a sheet of rubber or other so thatdiscomfort to the patient through contact with the face of hard andunyielding bodies of any kind is avoided, while a uniform and modv erateheating effect is obtained without'danger ofburning theskin through thesubstantially uniform distribution of the heat generating 1 means overthe'area ofthe pad.

While I'ha've herein described a preferred embodiment of my inventionwith considerable particularity, it will be understood that I do notthereby intend to limit or confine myself to the specific details ofconstruction disclosed as changes and modifications in the formandarrangement of the several parts may be made if desired, withoutdeparting from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in theappended claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to protect byLetters Patent of the United States: v

1. A facial pad of the character described comprising a substantiallyconical inner lining formed from quilted textile materials and a fibrousfilling disposed therebetween and having a substantially circularaperture in the vicinity of its apex, an outer cover formed fromrelatively thick heat retaining flexible textile material and having anaperture adapted to register with the aperture in the lining, a heatingunit disposed between said lining and said cover comprising a pair ofsimilar plies of textile material and a flexible conductive heatingelement embraced thereby and secured thereto,-and means for supplyingelectric current to said heating element.

2. A facial pad of the character described comprising a substantiallyconical inner lining having an outer and an inner ply of flexibletextile material and a filling of fibrous material. disposedtherebetween, said plies and filling being quilted together, the lininghaving a substantially circular aperture in the vicinity of its apex, anouter conical cover formed from relatively thick heat retaining textilematerial having an aperture adapted to register with the aperture in thelining, a heating unit disposed between said lining and said covercomprising a pair or juxtaposed plies of canvas secured together and aflexible heating element interposed therebetween and attached to one ofsaid plies, said element comprising an asbestos core, a resistance wirewound spirally thereabout, and an asbestos sheathing enclosing the wire,the element being arranged between said plies in a plurality ofcontinuous coaxial circular segments, and a cord extending outwardlyfrom the longer edge of the pad and embodying conductors respectivelyconnected to the ends of the resistance wire.

JOHN J. GOLDMAN.

